the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Judges 17:13
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Then Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
Then said Mikhah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my Kohen.
Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
And Micah said, "Now I know Yahweh will make me prosperous, because the Levite has become my priest."
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."
Then Micah said, "Now I know the Lord will be good to me, because I have a Levite as my priest."
Micah said, "Now I know the Lord will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest."
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as a priest."
Then said Michah, Nowe I know that the Lord will be good vnto me, seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
Toe sê Miga: Nou weet ek dat die HERE aan my goed sal doen, omdat ek 'n Leviet as priester het.
Micah said, "I have a Levite as my own priest. Now I know that the Lord will be kind to me."
Mikhah said, "Now I know that Adonai will treat me well, because I have a Levi for a cohen.
Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.
And Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I know this because I have a man from the tribe of Levi to be my priest."
Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
Micah said, "Now that I have a Levite as my priest, I know that the Lord will make things go well for me."
And Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, for the Levite is a priest to me.
And Micha sayde: I am sure the LORDE wyll do me good now, that I haue a Leuite to my prest.
Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Then Micah said, Now I am certain that the Lord will do me good, seeing that the Levite has become my priest.
Then sayde Micah: Now I am sure that the Lord will be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my prieste.
Then said Micah: 'Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.'
Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will doe me good, seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest."
and seide, Now Y woot, that God schal do wel to me, hauynge a preest of the kyn of Leuy.
and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'
Then Micah said, Now I know that Yahweh will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for my priest.
Then said Micah, Now I know that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite for [my] priest.
Then said Micah, Now know I that Yahweh will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!"
"I know the Lord will bless me now," Micah said, "because I have a Levite serving as my priest."
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will bring good to me because I have a Levite as my religious leader."
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the Lord will prosper me, because the Levite has become my priest."
Then said Micah - Now, I know that Yahweh will do me good, - seeing I have a Levite as my priest.
Now I know God will do me good, since I have a priest of the race of the Levites.
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."
Micah said, "Now I know that God will make things go well for me—why, I've got a Levite for a priest!"
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 14:12, Isaiah 44:20, Isaiah 66:3, Isaiah 66:4, Matthew 15:9, Matthew 15:13, John 16:2, Acts 26:9, Romans 10:2, Romans 10:3
Reciprocal: Judges 17:3 - I had wholly Judges 18:5 - of God Judges 18:24 - what have 2 Kings 17:27 - one of the priests Proverbs 30:12 - that are Isaiah 5:18 - draw Isaiah 48:2 - and stay
Cross-References
When Abram heard that his nephew [Lot] had been captured, he armed and led out his trained men, born in his own house, [numbering] three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far [north] as Dan.
And Abram continued, "Since You have given no child to me, one (a servant) born in my house is my heir."
"Come, let us [instead] sell him to these Ishmaelites [and Midianites] and not lay our hands on him, because he is our brother and our flesh." So his brothers listened to him and agreed.
Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph [as a slave] to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the [royal] guard.
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the [royal] guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
but every man's slave who is bought with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.
"If you purchase a Hebrew servant [because of his debt or poverty], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh [year] he shall leave as a free man, paying nothing.
"If his master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall leave [your service] alone.
"Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, must be put to death.
"Now our flesh (skin) is the same as that of our brothers (relatives), and our children are like their children, yet here we are forcing (selling) our sons and our daughters to be slaves; and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are powerless [to redeem them] because our fields and vineyards belong to others."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said Micah,.... Within himself, pleased with what he had done, and with what he engaged in:
now know I that the Lord will do me good; that I shall enjoy his favour, be a happy man, and prosper; and by this it appears, that notwithstanding the idolatry he had fallen into, he had not utterly forsaken the Lord, but worshipped him in and by his images; there was a mixture of the worship of God, and of the worship of images:
seeing I have a Levite to my priest; who was of the same tribe the priests were, and so the nearest to them of any, and which he thought would be acceptable to God, and an omen of good to himself.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This shows the ignorance as well as the superstition of the age (compare 2 Kings 18:22), and gives a picture of the lawlessness of the times. The incidental testimony to the Levitical priesthood is to be noted; but the idolatrous worship in the immediate neighborhood of Shiloh is passing strange.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Judges 17:13. Now know I that the Lord will do me good — As he had already provided an epitome of the tabernacle, a model of the ark, mercy-seat, and cherubim; and had got proper sacerdotal vestments, and a Levite to officiate; he took for granted that all was right, and that he should now have the benediction of God. Some think that he expected great gain from the concourse of the people to his temple; but of this there is no evidence in the text. Micah appears to have been perfectly sincere in all that he did.
I HAVE already remarked that there is no positive evidence that Micah or his mother intended to establish any idolatrous worship. Though they acted without any Divine command in what they did; yet they appear, not only to have been perfectly sincere, but also perfectly disinterested. They put themselves to considerable expense to erect this place of worship, and to maintain, at their own proper charges, a priest to officiate there; and without this the place, in all probability, would have been destitute of the worship and knowledge of the true God. His sincerity, disinterestedness, and attachment to the worship of the God of his fathers, are farther seen in the joy which he expressed on finding a Levite who might legally officiate in his house. It is true, he had not a Divine warrant for what he did; but the state of the land, the profligacy of his countrymen, his distance from Shiloh, &c., considered, he appears to deserve more praise than blame, though of the latter he has received a most liberal share from every quarter. This proceeds from that often-noticed propensity in man to take every thing which concerns the character of another by the worst handle. It cannot be considered any particular crime, should these notes be found at any time leaning to the other side.
